Have you ever just felt the overwhelming feeling that you have to go somewhere, even when every part of you is tired and doesn't want to ? This happened to me last week. I was so tired i was hardly fit to drive, but i was determined to travel to a cafe one night after work to get something nice to eat. My other half tried to persuade me to just stop at home, but the urge to go just carried me along.
Immediately on walking through the cafe door i spied a face, and the only face in the cafe, the one of the man who had caused my back in the day best friends marriage to collapse. Of course it takes two to tango as they say. Strangely though, a few seconds before i had seen my friends ex-wife drive past, so when i saw this man it was a double shock.
The affair caused quite a stir 15 years ago as both participants were Christian Youth School Workers. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, but those old days seem so innocent looking back. It seems the man had a lot on his mind still from his past actions... he apologised for any up heaval his actions had caused back then. I think he needed to speak to us and get another piece of closure as no doubt he had very negative expectations of our views of him. After all he was demonised for his in appropriate actions.
Its quite surreal sitting in a cafe hearing a blast from the past confessing his sins, and i was rather relieved when i saw he had ordered a take away fish and chips. After he told us his adult son had committed suicide the previous year i found any further conversation hard. Anyway to cut a long story short he got his closure with us, and i guess that's a good thing.
My friend went on to remarry as he thought it was " Gods will " and after what Ive witnessed that a phrase that sets alarm bells ringing. Turns out he jumped from the frying pan into the fire, but that's another story and a horrific one at that...
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